Bachelor Happy Hour – “Kathy, Susan, and Your Dating Woes | Golden Hour”

Podcast: Bachelor Happy Hour
Date: November 26, 2025
Hosts: Kathy and Susan

Episode Overview

This "Golden Hour" edition of Bachelor Happy Hour features Kathy and Susan diving into a fun, spirited conversation about holiday traditions, grandparenthood, and relationship questions submitted by listeners. With Thanksgiving in the air, they celebrate family, reflect on loss, and dish out real talk on serial dating, jealousy, and how to respectfully balance family roles. The discussion is warm, humorous, and honest—perfect for anyone looking for advice and camaraderie from women who have lived a little.

1. Thanksgiving Traditions & Family Memories (03:58–19:04)

• The episode kicks off with Kathy and Susan exchanging heartfelt and hilarious stories about their holiday traditions.
  • Passing down holiday cooking responsibilities to the next generation.
  • Importance of family heirlooms (china, silver, etc.) at the table.
  • The joy (and madness) of big family gatherings.
  • Unique family recipes—Italian wedding soup, pecan pie, eggnog bread.
• Notable Quotes:
  • “My kids do the cooking, I bring the wine, the champagne, and I bring my homemade eggnog bread. But I don’t have to do the turkey.” – Kathy (04:25)
  • “Thanksgiving is my favorite… because the gift giving isn’t there… it’s a family day.” – Susan (07:20)
  • “Everybody eats, you drink, and then you’re staring at piles of dirty dishes. Come on. It’s not all a Norman Rockwell day. Let’s be serious.” – Kathy (07:38)
  • Susan on using real china vs. paper plates, and siblings who break tradition. (08:17–09:13)

Dealing with Loss During the Holidays

• Kathy and Susan candidly discuss the difficulty of missing loved ones at the holiday table—acknowledging grief and honoring those who aren’t there.
  • “There’s one really important person missing… my husband.” – Kathy (10:24)
  • “Our list is getting so big. I’ve lost two brothers, both parents. We can’t mention them all by name now, right?” – Susan (11:07)

2. Holiday Cooking: Disasters and Debates (11:35–19:04)

• Arguing over stuffing recipes—inside the bird or on the side? Sausage as a secret ingredient?
  • “Has anybody ever put sausage in their stuffing? This is—” – Susan (11:35)
  • Jell-O salad nostalgia and its supposed comeback.
  • Cookie exchanges: fun family chaos or a waste of good flour?
  • “Cookies exchange to me… are like Halloween getting a banana… No, thank you. I want to make my own cookies.” – Kathy (18:40)

3. Relationship Q&A: Serial Dating & Communication (25:01–30:32)

What Do Serial Daters Miss Out On? (25:01)

• Kathy and Susan debate whether being a “serial dater” means you miss out on something by never being single.
• Differentiating commitment issues from lifestyle choice.
  • “Some people don’t want to be committed… do they like being alone? Yeah, they spend time by themselves.” – Kathy (26:39)
  • Both agree serial dating isn’t for them, but also defend it as a valid lifestyle choice for others.
  • “I don’t think I’d be good at serial dating at all. I’m a relationship person.” – Susan (27:39)
  • Caution about expectations: “Don’t go dating a serial dater… and expect you’re gonna turn him or her around because you’re probably delusional.” – Kathy (30:28)

4. Listener Questions: Compromise, Jealousy, and “Hall Passes” (30:32–45:25)

Should I Stop Swearing for My Boyfriend? (30:32)

• Listener “Anonymous” worries after reading her name in her boyfriend’s journal criticizing her swearing.
  • Kathy: “Don’t say a word… Stop swearing. That’s all. It’s that simple.” (32:04)
  • Susan: “Never tell, because it’s not like you were snooping… You want to know things that bother him so you don’t do them any more—that’s like a gift.” (33:09)
  • Both strongly agree this is a minor thing, easy to compromise on.
  • “If that’s the biggest issue you and your boyfriend have, you’re lucky!” – Kathy (35:32)

My Boyfriend Picked an Influencer as His Hall Pass (41:04)

• Listener Shelly is unsettled her boyfriend picked a (real, non-celebrity) influencer as his “hall pass.”
  • Susan: “It’s not fun to be jealous, but that’s what this is.” (42:14)
  • Kathy: “A hall pass means if Matthew McConaughey rings my doorbell and I’m married…it’s okay if Matthew and I… It’s just kind of a fun thing, like a celebrity crush, really.” (43:00)
  • Both see Shelly as overreacting, reminding her it’s harmless unless it’s about someone real and accessible.
  • “When you really gotta worry… is when he’s telling you he’s got a crush on the girl next door, literally. Then you might have a problem.” – Kathy (44:50)

5. Golden Spotlight: The Joys and Challenges of Grandparenting (45:27–58:57)

• Balancing grandparent wisdom with kids’ parenting styles.
  • Never asking children when they’re having kids—respecting boundaries.
  • “Worry about your own life, not your children's. It’s their decision.” – Kathy (46:06)
• Learning to bite your tongue when you disagree with your child’s parenting.
  • “There is a dichotomy between the amount of advice they want and the amount of advice we want to give.” – Kathy (49:12)
  • “I might have bitten my tip off a couple times.” – Susan (47:42)
• On being a grandmother (“Mimi” and “Kiki”).
  • Both women are deeply passionate about grandparenthood, cherishing the special bond and the freedom to “give them back.”
  • “I love it beyond…because they love me. They’re never mad at me because I always say yes most of the time.” – Susan (50:39)
  • “One of the best things about being a grandparent… they come and they go. I love on them… and then it’s like ‘here you go, honey, bye, bye! Kiki loves you!’” – Kathy (58:22)
• Challenges:
  • Feeling pressure to be the “fun” grandparent; coming up with creative activities.
  • Coping with distance from grandchildren or missing big moments.
  • Worrying about being “here” for their milestones.

6. Closing Thoughts & Community Call (58:58–59:51)

• Kathy and Susan invite listeners to submit their own ideas for easy crafts and share grandparenting tips.
• Encouragement to stay engaged and grateful during the holidays.

Key Timestamps

• Thanksgiving Traditions: 03:58–11:07
• Grief and Family Loss: 10:24–11:21
• Cooking Debates/Chaos: 11:35–19:04
• Serial Dating Discussion: 25:01–30:32
• Listener Q: Swearing Compromise: 30:32–35:27
• Listener Q: Hall Pass Jealousy: 41:04–45:25
• Grandparenting Deep Dive: 45:27–58:57

Tone & Style

Warm, lively, and filled with relatable humor (“Damn, Shelly, you found out about me.” – Kathy (42:14)). The hosts share candid personal details, laugh at their failures, and dish out advice as if chatting across the kitchen table. They’re nurturing but blunt—never mean, but always honest.

Memorable Moments

• Kathy’s story about friends mishandling a Thanksgiving turkey:
  “Even I know that one. She goes, ‘I’ll just stick it back in the freezer.’ I said, you cannot.” (14:18)
• The “cookie exchange” rant:
  “Cookies exchange to me… are like Halloween getting a banana… No, thank you.” – Kathy (18:40)
• On the joys of grandparenting:
  “They come and they go… and then it’s like ‘bye! Kiki loves you!’” – Kathy (58:22)

Summary

This episode balances laughter and wisdom, providing both lighthearted entertainment and real talk about the importance of gratitude, flexibility in family, and understanding in relationships. Kathy and Susan don’t claim to have all the answers, but they do deliver straight-up advice and plenty of support for anyone navigating the messiness of family, love, and getting older—just in time for the holiday season.